Freddi Fish 2:
The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
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Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Humongous Entertainment[lower-alpha 1]
Producer(s)Ron Gilbert
Designer(s)Mark Peyser
Tami Borowick
Composer(s)Tom McGurk
EngineSCUMM
Platform(s)Macintosh, Windows, DVD player, Linux, Android, iOS
Release
  • August 29, 1996 (Macintosh, Windows)[1]
  • 2005 (DVD Player)
  • January 5, 2014 (Linux)[2]
  • September 8, 2014 (Android)[3]
  • September 16, 2014 (iOS)
Genre(s)Adventure, Humorous
Mode(s)Single-player

Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse is a 1996 video game and the second of five adventure games in the Freddi Fish series of games developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. It was released on iOS under the title Freddi Fish Haunted Schoolhouse Mystery and on Android with a shortened title Freddi Fish: Haunted Schoolhouse.

Plot

Freddi Fish swims to school and waits for Luther, who brings his Codfish Commando action figure for show and tell. As they enter their classroom, they find the other guppies in their class hiding in fear. Mrs. Croaker explains that the guppies saw a ghost that stole their toys. While one of the students tells the whole story, the ghost suddenly appears and steals Luther's figure before fleeing the room. Believing the ghost to be fake, Freddi promises everyone that she and Luther will find the thief and retrieve all of the stolen toys.

The two chase the ghost into the school's basement, where Luther manages to retrieve his action figure after the ghost accidentally drops it. The ghost swears revenge before leaving, but inadvertently leaves behind a torn piece of sheet. Upon seeing this, Freddi deduces that the "ghost" is merely an imposter and uses the sheet piece as a blueprint to build a Rube Goldberg trap that can capture the ghost. She and Luther then set out to collect five additional items for their trap.

If Freddi and Luther exit the schoolhouse after finding and obtaining some of the parts to their trap, Boss and Spongehead (the sharks from the first game) appear and try to scare the duo out of trying to defeat the ghost by "warning" them of the fate they'll have if they continue their mission in defeating the ghost; Freddi is unfazed by this threat, though Luther is quite intimidated. When Freddi and Luther are one part away from completing the ghost trap, Boss and Spongehead go to the Squidfather, who orders them to get the guppies' toys at all costs.

After they have everything, Freddi and Luther set up the trap and the latter agrees to use his action figure as bait for the ghost. The ghost then returns and gets caught by the trap after trying to go after the action figure. Boss and Spongehead are revealed to have disguised as the ghost and they explain they were trying to get toys for the Squidfather, who never had a toy in his life. Feeling sorry for the Squidfather, Luther willingly allows Boss and Spongehead to give his action figure. Freddi and Luther then return the toys to the guppies and explain who the thief really was to Mrs. Croaker. The class celebrates the school being saved as the game ends.

Gameplay

The game uses exactly the same mechanics as its predecessor, but contains newer puzzles, collectible and usable items, character encounters, locations, minigames and trivial click spots in the gameplay. The particular parts and pieces for the ghost trap are randomized in every new game. Purple sea urchins return as collectible items from the first game and are now used as currency (being used to buy a pulley, if necessary). Five sea urchins can be found and collected in total.

Development

The game was showcased at E3 1996.[4]

Reception

Freddi Fish 2 was generally well-received, getting a 3-star rating from Allgame,[11] 7.6 out of 10 from IGN,[5] 9.5 out of 10 from Electric Playground,[6] 5 Stars from PC Magazine,[7] and Unikgamer gave a 7.5 out 10 score.[8] The Game Developer's Choice Awards awarded it as "Best Educational Game" in the 1997 Spotlight Awards.[10] MacUser declared it one of 1996's top 50 CD-ROMs.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ The DVD player version was published by Take-Two Interactive.
    The IOS and Android versions were published by Tommo.
    The Steam release was co-published by Tommo and Night Dive Studios.

References

  1. ↑ Uppendahl, John. "Humongous Entertainment Ships a New World of Animated Fun in Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse" (Free Limited ed.). Archived from the original on February 10, 1998.
  2. ↑ "Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse on Steam". Steam. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Freddi Fish: Haunted Schoolhouse - Android Apps on Google Play". Google Play. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Humongous Entertainment Handcrafts Another Junior Adventure, Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse; Freddi Fish 2 to Be Previewed at Electronic Entertainment Expo May 16-18". Business Wire. May 1, 1996. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via The Free Library.
  5. 1 2 "Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse Review". IGN. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Bonnie James (November 22, 1996). "Freddi Fish 2: The case of the Haunted Schoolhouse - Electric Playground". Greedy Productions. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved February 26, 2015. Freddi Fish is funtabulous! The folks at Humongous Entertainment certainly know their stuff. I would love to meet the people who created such an engagingly silly universe.
  7. 1 2 "PC Magazine - Vol. 15" (19). After Hours. November 5, 1996: 457. Retrieved April 5, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. 1 2 "Freddi Fish series on Unikgamer". Unikgamer. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  9. 1 2 The Editors of MacUser (December 1996). "MacUser's 1996 Top 50 CD-ROMs". Kid's Stuff. Archived from the original on June 5, 2000. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Game Developer Choice Online". UBM Tech. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ Brad Cook. "Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse - Review - allgame". Allgame. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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